Half-assed Language Education

I find these two articles eerily tied together.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/10/federal-investigation-fin_n_712179.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/08/afghanistan-interpreters-failed-language-tests_n_709948.html

Arizona schools claiming students are proficient in English when they aren’t. And the U.S. military claiming soldiers speak Afghan languages when they don’t. You can’t fake knowing a language. Sorry. I think Brad Pitt proved that quite conclusively.